Scout

Scout
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	125 / 185 110 / 165 with the Sandman equipped 150 / 225 with the Special Delivery item set
Speed:	133%
Meet the Scout

“

Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people. Click to listen — The Scout on himself

”

A fast running, fast talking and smack talking kid from Boston with a penchant for baseball and grievous bodily harm, the Scout flies like a butterfly and stings like a Shotgun blast to the face. The fastest of all the classes, his speed and ability to double jump will leave slower opponents spinning. This, coupled with his Scattergun , Shortstop or the Force-A-Nature, makes the Scout ideal at hit and run tactics, allowing him to inflict massive close-range damage before dashing away to safety. Not content with only one way to harass his foes, the Scout can also equip his trusty Sandman to Stun opponents with long-range baseballs, or equip his Bonk! Atomic Punch to make a getaway without taking damage.

The Scout is an ideal choice if you need an objective done quickly; capturing points and moving carts twice as fast as his teammates and spiriting the enemy Intelligence away before they even know he's there. His petite stature and swiftness makes him a befitting class to provide distractions.

With the addition of Mad Milk, the Scout now posesses a strong team support role. The 'Mad Milk', like Jarate, is a thrown 'team-support' item that can be used to put out fire, identify cloaked Spies and heal team mates.

Bio

Name: N/A Location of origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Job: Rapid Recovery Motto: "Too. Much. Caffeine." Emblems:    Description: The youngest of eight boys from the south side of Boston, the Scout learned early how to problem solve with his fists. With seven older brothers on his side, fights tended to end before the runt of the litter could maneuver into punching distance, so the Scout trained himself to run. He ran everywhere, all the time, until he could beat his pack of mad dog siblings to the fray.

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Scout tips, Scout strategy

• Jump again in mid-air to change direction, and avoid enemy fire.
• You capture control points twice as fast as other classes.
• You're most effective when you stay moving and use your speed to your advantage.
• Your Scattergun is lethal at point blank range.
• Your Pistol is great for picking off enemies at a distance.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Scattergun	6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock	Force-A-Nature	2	32	Base: 65 Crit: 194 [5.4 dmg. × 12 pellets]	Scattergun alternative: On hit applies an enhanced knockback effect that propels enemies backwards and/or the user in the opposite direction if airborne. Allows the user to perform a triple jump. Has 50% faster firing speed. Has 2 (20%) more pellets per shot. Has one-third (66% less) clip size. Deals 10% less damage.
Craft	Shortstop	4	36	Base: 48 Crit: 144 [12 dmg. × 4 pellets]	On hit slows down enemy players by 40% for 0.5 seconds. Uses Pistol ammo (draws from same ammo pool as Pistol).

Secondary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Pistol	12	36	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]
Sam & Max variant	Lugermorph	12	36	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]	Same as the Pistol's spec's.
Unlock	Bonk! Atomic Punch	1	∞	N/A	When used the player is immune to all damage but isn't able to attack. Knockback still affects him. The effect lasts 6 seconds then has to recharge over about 24 seconds to be used again.
Craft	Crit-a-Cola	1	∞	N/A	When used all damage dealt and damage taken are Mini-Crits. The effect lasts 6 seconds then has to recharge over about 24 seconds to be used again.
Craft	Mad Milk	1	∞	N/A	Any damage done to enemies covered in milk restores 75% of the damage to the player's health. Nullifies Cloak on enemy Spies. Extinguishes fire on wielder and allied players. Has a 24 second recharge time.

Melee

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Bat	N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105
Unlock	Sandman	Bat: N/A	Bat: N/A	Bat: Base: 35 Crit: 105	With secondary fire launches a baseball that stuns the enemy between 1–8 seconds, depending on ascending distance. The baseball has a recharge over 20 seconds, or can be picked up from the ground after launch. Lowers maximum health by 15 points.
		Ball: 1	Ball: ∞	Ball: Base: 15 Crit: 45
Craft	Holy Mackerel	N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105	Broadcasts every successful hit on an enemy player over the death-notice area (purely cosmetic feature). Kills are labeled as "FISH-KILL!" in the death-notice area (purely cosmetic feature).

Taunt attack

	Attack	Weapon	Duration	Damage
File:Item icon home run.png Melee	Home Run	Sandman	5 seconds	500 hp (instant kill) on hit.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Scout achievements Scout pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.

Trivia

• His personality is that of a narcissist.
• The BLU Scout's Mother is in a relationship with the RED Spy. A file in the BLU base contains photos documenting their "activities".
• The Scout is one of two classes with no emblem on their sleeves, the other being the Spy.
• The excited Scout mascot in the Force-A-Nature ad [1] also appears in slightly altered form as the icon for the 'You'll Feel a Little Prick' Medic Achievement.
• The Scout wears a left-handed Batter's Helmet, despite being a right-handed batter, most likely because he already wears the headset on his left ear.
• The Scout seems to be aware he is in a game, as indicated by 3 of his dialouge lines:
  • "No otha' class gonna do dat!", the only time a class has actually referred to themselves as a class.
  • "This map ain't big enough for the two of us!", the only time a class has referred to the battle ground they are on as a map.
  • "Yeah, I dare ya, ragequit! C'mon, make us both happy!"
• The Scout's right eye is at the position 1.337 on the X-axis.
• The Submachine Gun for the Sniper was originally intended for the Scout.
  • The Nailgun, a scrapped weapon carried over from Team Fortress Classic, was also intended for the Scout (the closest weapon to it now is the Medic's Syringe Gun). This makes the Scout the only class to have their primary weapon changed twice in production.

R.I.P. Crazy Legs

The Scout looks on at the PCs

• After players noted a resemblance between the Scout and TV pitchman Vince Offer, several players requested that Valve add a reference to this in-game. With the release of the Scout update, lines such as "If you order now, I'll throw in an extra beatin', absolutely free" and "No other class is gonna do that" were added to the game files.
• The Scout has the same voice actor as the "Church Guy" character in Valve title Left 4 Dead. The voices used by Nathan Vetterlein for both characters are strikingly similar.
• For a very long time, there was a bug that would cause the Scout's legs to disjoint crazily during a Double-Jump. Valve finally fixed the "Crazy Bacon Legs" bug in January 2010. [2]
• The Scout is (Besides possibly the Pyro) the youngest class in the game.
• The Scout is the only class whose voice is unchanged when doing a domination response to a random class. For example, the Spy talks with a much darker voice.
• According to the Jarate comic from the Sniper update, the Scout likes tacos.
• The Spy claims the Scout is a virgin in his domination lines. Considering the nature and age of the Scout, this may be true or it may be just banter as Spy is from the opposing team.
• The Scout and the Pyro are the only classes without visible stubble.
• The Scout's symbol (a talaria, or winged shoe/sandal) is a reference to Hermes; the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology.
• It's a feasible theory that Scout may very well be tainted with some form of disease in the future from his indulgence in Bonk! Atomic Punch, an irradiated drink.
• The Scout is currently the class with the most secondary unlocks in the game.
• The Scout is the only class to have a taunt shared by both a primary and secondary weapon.
• The Scout is one of the three classes without eyewear, the other two being the Heavy and the Spy.
• In the "Meet the Scout" video after the Scout taps the camera a faint fingerprint can be seen for the remainder of the video.

See also

• Scout scripts
• Scout strategy
• How to play the Scout
• Scout Match-ups
• Scout voice commands
• Scout Responses
• Scout taunts
• Scout Rush
• Scout's mother
• List of references (Scout)

External links

• The Scout Update
• TF2 Official Blog- Okay, this does not look good here. Umm...
• TF2 Official Blog- Hey good job, there, hardhat
• TF2 Official Blog- That's what I'm talking about!
• TF2 Official Blog- Better Late Than Never